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Episode Title: 🇿🇦UBUNTU - Redefining Africa’s Sovereignty🇿🇦 

We continue the #HTBRICSSeries on Heads Talk  with a leader on a clear mission: To cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset among Africa’s youth while strategically integrating the continent’s creative industries, i.e. film, art, and cultural production, into its economic and geopolitical agenda. By aligning hard industries such as energy, manufacturing and mineral extraction with Africa’s untapped soft power, he positions culture as a form of diplomatic capital to drive sustainable growth and global influence.

Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term from Southern Africa that means "I am because we are."

Johnny Muteba is the CEO of Build Africa Group, Founder and CEO of the Pan African Chamber of Commerce, and Founder of the Africa Development Agency. He also serves as President of Blacks in Technology South Africa and leads the Hollywood African Film Festival. With over 15 years’ experience spanning media, entertainment, trade, social impact, and entrepreneurship, Johnny is recognised as one of Africa’s most creative and disruptive thinkers. He is a member of the World Trade Organisation, the International Chamber of Commerce Advisory Committee on SMEs, and South Africa’s NEDLAC, where his work consistently bridges entrepreneurship, cultural innovation, and global impact to drive Africa’s transformation.

Topics Covered:
◽️ Pan-African Trade Barriers and Institutional Insights
◽️ Intra-African Visa Restrictions and Barriers to Free Movement
◽️ Africa’s Untapped Resource Wealth and Industrialisation Challenge
◽️ BRICS Financing: Opportunity or Repeat of Extractive Models
◽️ The Role of new development bank in South Africa’s Growth Agenda
◽️ Visionary Leadership and Africa’s Geopolitical Positioning
◽️ Intra-African Collaboration and Continental Trade Strategy
◽️ Strategic Futures of BRICS, Digital Currency and Governance Safeguards
◽️ Redefining Pan-African Leadership as Proactive Global Agenda-Setters
◽️ Creative Industries and Cultural Diplomacy as Drivers of African Soft Power

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